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Question
my car wont start when i turn the key. i have to let the steering wheel down and move it up and down while holding the key forward.
Hello,
That's not the crappy alarm. That is the crappy anti-owner VATS.
Take the car to an alarm store. They have the bypass resistors. They come extra in every alarm with remote start. Have them bypass the VATS and then install a HIDDEN starter kill switch.
Old cars are stolen quite often. Your column can be defeated in less than 30 seconds with a screwdriver to the left side of the steering column without ever touching the lock.
The reason you need the switch hidden is because the first place a thief goes for a switch is under the dash where these idiot installers put Valet (alarm shut off) switches.
locks are meant for honest people.
How would I know about these crappy columns? I have rebuilt thousands and thousands of them from theft.
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Rob Painter
Expertise
Alarm system questions cannot be answered on this forum. These systems are not what I can answer. Without being physically at the vehicle and not knowing what kind of electrical service has been done on the vehicle, there is no possible way to give an accurate answer over the internet. My expertise is in Ignition/key based anti-theft systems. These issues include GM VATS (resistor chip in key blade) PASSLOCK (MRD)-ignition lock rotation based, no special ignition key and the PKIII Transponder (computer chip in key) systems. These systems are not alarm based and are integral with the starting of the engine. This is why I cannot diagnose alarm problems without physically looking at the vehicle: Alarm systems are a completely different annimal than ignition key/lock based anti-theft system. Many alarm questions come from vehicles 10 years old, and since older, many hands that had been involved over the years.I am an expert in all GM factory (ignition/key based)systems. Alarm system questions pose to many situations beyond my knowledge as to what has been done to the vehicle over the years. Some guy may have actually wired the stereo into the alarm system. Who knows? Over my past 30 years in vehicle wiring repair, I have seen unbelievable wiring disaters done by guys that consider themselves "mechanics." I have seen stereos and alarms intalled using surgical tape. I have seen modules burn up, un-fused circuits, wiring jambed between the doors and even lamp cord used for a starter kill. To answer alarm questions over the internet without examining the vehicle is like asking; What does it take to remove a dent?
Experience
Education/Credentials-ASE certified. 11 years with a GM dealer and 17 years with a repair facility dealing with only the repair of theft recovered vehicles.
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